Music Garden vs Armpit

Music Garden, the player for the music you actually own. No subscriptions. No ads. No tracking. Every feature is unlocked, for free. Music Garden plays your personal music library the way a great player should — beautifully, everywhere, and entirely on your terms. Bring your collection in from wherever it lives and enjoy it across iPhone, iPad, CarPlay, and Apple Watch. Bring your music from anywhere • Play files stored right on your device • Stream straight from your Synology NAS • Upload tracks from any browser over Wi-Fi — no cable, no desktop app Sound the way it was recorded • Full lossless FLAC support, plus all the everyday formats • Gapless, continuous playback that keeps the album flowing A player that's a pleasure to use • A gorgeous, redesigned album view • Time-synced lyrics that follow along as you listen • Listening stats that show what you actually play • Six color themes and matching app icons to make it yours With you everywhere • CarPlay for the road • A dedicated Apple Watch app with complications for quick control from your wrist • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus a Live Activity for what's playing now • AirPlay to send your music to any speaker in the house Yours, privately Your library stays your business. Music Garden doesn't track you, doesn't show ads, and doesn't ask for a monthly fee. It's built by one indie developer who believes the music you own deserves a first-class home. Stop renting. Start owning.

A regular music player, i'm telling-you. Your music, your rules. Armpit is a fast, native music player for your own server. Connect to Navidrome server and take your entire library everywhere. PLAYBACK THAT RESPECTS YOUR FILES • Original-quality streaming — FLAC and other lossless formats decode natively, no forced transcoding • True gapless playback • 10-band equalizer with presets • ReplayGain volume normalization • Signal path view — see exactly what happens to your audio from source to output • Synced and static lyrics • Per-network streaming quality (Wi-Fi / cellular), from original quality down to 128k YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY • Albums, artists, songs, genres, favorites, playlists • Real smart playlists on Navidrome — rules are evaluated live on your server • Podcasts with cross-device resume — pause on the TV, continue on your phone • Internet radio stations - if enabled in navidrome • Downloads for offline listening • Discover screen with fresh releases, most played, and personal mixes • Listening stats EVERYWHERE YOU LISTEN • iPhone and iPad, with a full desktop app for Mac • Apple TV — full browsing, playback, and a Top Shelf preview of your library right on the home screen • Apple Watch — standalone streaming and downloads • CarPlay • Siri and Shortcuts support SEAMLESS ACROSS DEVICES • Sign in once — iCloud securely syncs your server connection to every device, including Apple TV • Settings, theme, accent color, and search history follow you everywhere • Scrobbling to your server (and Last.fm through it) MADE TO BE LOOKED AT • A flat, instrument-inspired design: hairlines, mono type, one accent color • Light and dark themes, eight accent colors, matching app icons • Available in English, Spanish, German, and French Armpit requires your own Navidrome music server. It streams your personal library — no music is included, and no account with us is needed. Armpit is an independent project by Pierre Ugaz, not affiliated with Navidrome.